Food review
Belle époque on a plate
The Goring offers a level of enchantment seldom found in the environs of Victoria Station
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
100 per cent marvellous
Enjoying a simple but stylish lunch at the Polizzi Collection’s latest hotel in East Sussex
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer